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The second sex: Menstruation - a natural, physiological cycle - should be destigmatised (kp 20/07/2017) [Why do you not call male gender the second sex? Life is given by women!]
Missing daughters: At the root of sex-selective abortion lies the culture of preferring sons, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 16/07/2017)
Rural women turning into entrepreneurs (ht 14/07/2017)
Poverty forcing women into migration: Report (kp 13/07/2017), Exodus: Structural barriers and discrimination in local labour market drive women to work abroad (kp 14/07/2017)
Village
women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative:
Empower Generation plans to expand the number of female energy
entrepreneurs to all 75 districts from the current 11 (kp 13/07/2017) [see website]
Her
future is our future: When a woman is free to make choices about her
life, her children, her family and everybody else will benefit, by Giulia Vallese (kp 11/07/2017), Women empowerment: Many barriers, by Prativa Subedi (ht 12/07/2017)
Women Need To Stand Up For Themselves, by Aditi Aryal (sp 07/07/2017)
Women at work: Women are praised for creating life but never encouraged to build something for the future, by Priyanka Chand (rep 03/07/2017)
Women make up majority of rights victims, shows study (ht 01/07/2017)
Fair Sex, Unfair Deal: Women’s empowerment underpins equal, just and peaceful societies (sp 23/06/2017)
War on words: Branding feminists as terrorists may be libellous because ‘terrorist’ is a highly politicised term, by Archana Thapa (kp 23/06/2017)
34 pc women victimised by kin (ht 19/06/2017)
Girls lag despite outnumbering boys in exams, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/06/2017), Education of daughters: Disparity in SEE performance shows that girls still have a long way to go (kp 19/06/2017)
Oh boy, women bleed! Only
when mothers treat menstruation as just another natural growth in their
children’s bodies, will little girls will learn to accept their bodies
and grow up to be confident women, by Shradha Giri Bohora (kp 17/06/2017)
Voice
for equality: Nepal’s Female Labor Force Participation Rate is 80
percent. But women have a long way to go achieve gender equality, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 13/06/2017)
Women power: Arming women with legal and constitutional rights is inadequate without an attitudinal change in society, by Apurba Bhattarai (kp 04/06/2017)
Colour Code For Woman Only!, by Bhawana Pokhrel (rn 02/06/2017)
Thanka art proves a boon for illiterate woman, by Rajkumar Parajuli (ht 01/06/2017)
Including the excluded: The real winners of the local elections are not political parties, but women, by Om Astha Rai (nt 26/05/2017), Federal feminine republic of Nepal (nt 26/05/2017)
Female migrants at higher risk of suicide (ht 11/05/2017)
Women in reconstruction: Rasuwa women are taking on new roles to build back better, by Utsav Shakya (kp 29/04/2017)
Woman beaten in captivity by husband, in-laws over dowry (kp 28/04/2017)
Better than before? Women’s empowerment requires concrete policies and their robust implementation (kp 28/04/2017)
President’s
Women Empowerment Programme starts in 26 districts: It aims to provide
skill development training to Dalit, indigenous and marginalised women, by Samipa Khanal (kp 24/04/2017)
A social syndrome: Gendered norms on childcare have resulted in the construction of guilt in women, by Anjam Singh (kp 23/04/2017)
Women’s
voices enrich public life: Building strong gender equal communities
requires every individual citizen to stand firmly in the political
landscape,
by Valerie Julliand, Alaina B. Teplitz, Mashfee Binte Shams, Rensje
Teerink, W. Swarnalatha Pereira and Ingrid Dahl-Madsen (kp 21/04/2017)
Women in politics: The way forward, by Ayush Joshi (ht 19/04/2017)
Need for black feminism: Madhesi women face double discrimination: one, as Madhesis and, two, as women, by Kalpana Jha (kp 14/04/2017)
Most women unaware of reservations, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 04/04/2017)
Female turnout disappoints EC: Women job aspirants account for only 14pc of total 179,486 applicants, by Manish Gautam (kp 02/04/2017)
Road to Inclusion: Progress
in inducting women into public service may be small, but in light of
the country’s dismal history of inclusivity, it is a much welcome change, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/04/2017)
On
‘wine feminists’: These are self-styled feminists who are often found
in conferences and parties in Kathmandu, sipping their wine and talking
about women’s rights, by Shuvechha Ghimire (rep 01/04/2017)
Exploring resilience: Women are more vulnerable to climate change because of their dependence on climate sensitive sectors, by Prativa Sapkota (kp 31/03/2017)
When
women win: The new constitution offers a valuable opportunity to ensure
that women and girls have the same prospects in life as their male
counterparts, by Alaina B. Teplitz (rep 30/03/2017)
Blame us all, not just men: Continuing to castigate men will only make gender polarisation more rigid, by Seema Subedi (kp 28/03/2017)
Gender equality: The Nordic Model, by Kjell Tormod Pettersen (rep 22/03/2017)
Khadka addresses UN’s CSW session (kp 17/03/2017) [??]
Booklet
on women entitlements published: The booklet contains information
related to economic benefits provided and initiatives taken by various
agencies for women (kp 16/03/2017)
Girls’ education: Failed programme, by Chun Bahadur Gurung (ht 14/03/2017)
Mountain women The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued, by Sunayana Basnet (kp 08/03/2017), Bold action now: In Nepal, while women work as much as men, the gender wage gap is still in the bottom half of the world ranking, by Valerie Julliand (rep 08/03/2017), Is
women empowerment just women employment? If this day is to celebrate
your and my achievements, then it does not need to be marked in the
calendar, by Sambridhi Gyawali (rep 08/03/2017), Exemplary Muslim sisters empowering women, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 08/03/2017), Working
on gender: We saw no representation of Himalayan women in history or
literature, nor in the research and development sectors, by Chhaya Vani Namchu and Menaka Hamal (rep 08/03/2017), Championing
their cause: We need to be more proactive in identifying true champions
of women's economic empowerment in Nepal and build a strong coalition, by Gail Marzetti and Pukar Malla (rep 08/03/2017), Women continue to face discrimination at home, workplace (ht 08/03/2017), Women’s role critical for social advancement: Prez (kp 09/03/2017), #beboldforchange: Things are far from ideal for Nepali women, but the fight for equal rights continues (kp 09/03/2017), Thank you, men: Let’s acknowledge the role of good men who help women with their personal and career growth, by Rusha Giri (rep 09/03/2017), Empowering women: The most urgent task that lies ahead is to make sure that women are treated equally in all spheres of life (ht 09/03/2017)
From
safe motherhood to safe womanhood: Nepali women deserve to be
recognised as complete human beings and equal citizens, not just as
mothers, by Poonam Thapa (kp 07/03/2017)
The purse strings: Women have little control over household finance despite being important earners, by Ashika Sharma (kp 07/03/2017)
On the home front: Listen to the unheard voices of the suffering wives of migrant workers left behind, by Roni Pradhan (kp 07/03/2017)
The curious case of unmarried mothers, by Anjali Subedi (kp 03/03/2017)
Leave no one behind: Absorbing women into the labour market by reinforcing traditional gender roles is not empowering, by Sangita Thebe-Limbu (nt 03/03/2017)
Women, teenage girls receive training to make sanitary pads, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 01/03/2017)
All
our daughters: Where are Nepali women in the metaphor of coffins,
bakasko bimba, which pervades pathologies of remittance reporting?, by CK Lal (rep 27/02/2017)
Win-all
trade: Women in Baglung, Parbat and Sindhuli districts have greatly
increased their income from export of items made from allo, by Erica Prasai (rep 27/02/2017)
Red Tika challenge takes internet by storm, by Anita Shrestha (ht 21/02/2017)
From a guerilla fighter to humble Speaker, by Onshari Gharti Magar (kp 18/02/2017), We
may have come a long way, but there is much to achieve: The feminist
consciousness flourished after the restoration of democracy in 1990 and
received ample focus during the decade-long Maoist struggle followed
by people’s movement and constitution-writing process, by Mohna Ansari (kp 18/02/2017), A
‘competent’ woman politician —a rhetorical excuse? High time we asked
whether all men maintain the highest degree of competence, by Pranika Koyu (kp 18/02/2017), Women in politics: Nepal is among the only 10 countries in the world having a woman head of state, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/02/2017)
Feminism
in the margins, a Madhesi perspective: Madhesi women are not a topic of
discussion, nor is their contribution acknowledged in the national
discourse, by Rita Sah (kp 18/02/2017)
Questioning
the Questions: Caste struggle against structural minds: Let’s challenge
the system by re-imagining, redefining, re-narrating and retelling our
story, by Sarita Pariyar (kp 18/02/2017)
Representation of women: The Nepali media sector, in general, suffers from patriarchy, by Sumina Rai Karki (kp 18/02/2017)
The
scourge of stereotype: Even though their workplace is female dominated,
the fact is that the most popular gynecologist in our country is a male, by Arpana Neopane (kp 18/02/2017)
Ladies first: Women now hold top management positions in various organizations, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/02/2017)
Rootless: By
birth a woman belongs to her father’s clan, and then she gets given to
her husband’s. We forget who our mothers and grandmothers are. Their
blood does not flow in our lineage, by Pooja Pant (ht 18/02/2017)
Post
quake rebuilding: Let women lead; With male members away, women have
started rebuilding their homes destroyed by 2015 earthquakes on their
own, by Kriti Bhuju (rep 18/02/2017)
Nepali women row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake (ht 16/02/2017)
Women now do all the work in Jumla village, by DB Buda (rep 08/02/2017)
For some women in need, Hatti Hatti has become a home away from home and a wellspring for creativity, by Abha Dhital (kp 04/02/2017)
Bill proposes grounds for divorce (ht 03/02/2017)
Periods of banishment: Women in western Nepal are starting to refuse to be thrown out of the house once a month, by Subeksha Poudel (nt 03/02/2017)
Women learning masonry for financial independence in Nuwakot, by Jaya Ram Gautam (ht 30/01/2017)
All in the family: Girls are not safe even within their own homes, especially in households dislocated by the earthquake, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 27/01/2017)
Migrant workers: Nepali women ahead of men in committing suicide abroad, by Rudra Khadka (rep 24/01/2017)
Feminine FM: Women in radio stir a nationwide conversation, by Emma Stolarski (nt 20/01/2017)
Inspiration as we rebuild: Venturing into masonry will improve women’s income and help them challenge traditional gender roles, by Pratibha Tuladhar (kp 15/01/2017)
Gender pay gap: What we can learn from global practices to reduce inequality in our workforce, by Tara Kanel (kp 15/01/2017)
Stumbling blocks: Education and modernisation haven’t weakened ingrained socio-sexual relationships, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 10/01/2017)
Feminism through art:
Artist Meena Kayastha’s Divine Debris draws on her personal experience
as a woman growing up in Nepal watching other female figures around her
struggle with the limits imposed upon them, by Sophia L. Pande (kp 08/01/2017)
Literacy classes making women's life easier, by Arjun Bhushal (rep 06/01/2017)
Female contractor busy building quake-hit village, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 05/01/2017)
Celebrating daughter's birth in Bajhang raises eyebrows, by Jagat Khadka (rep 04/01/2017)
Women-friendly agriculture: Agriculture is being feminized in Nepal following the rapid exodus of men, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 02/01/2017)
Modern farming changing women's economic status, by Arjun Bam (rep 10/12/2016)
Girls
are the future: Women who have the opportunity to speak up about
challenges women and girls face in Nepali society can help tackle stigma, by Richard Morris and Gail Marzetti (rep 10/12/2016)
Unequal, by law: When a girl or woman is viewed in connection with a male figure, it creates an unequal society, by Anjali Subedi (rep 06/12/2016)
#IWalkFreely:
Survey reveals young women in Nepal are exposed to greater dangers than
just cat calls and wolf whistles, by Asmita Gauchan (nt 02/12/2016)
Re-examining value of girls, by Jessica Rai (ht 26/11/2016)
Safe education for all: Structural inequalities and patriarchal attitudes continue to affect women’s schooling, by Renu Adhikari Rajbhandari (kp 25/11/2016)
Who cares? Women
do the bulk of unpaid work in the household cleaning, cooking, washing,
collecting firewood and caring for children and the elderly, by Sangita Thebe-Limbu (nt 25/11/2016)
495 couples in Okhaldhunga get joint land deeds, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 21/11/2016)
Where
are all the women? An underlying reason for the low representation of
women in politics is a patriarchal mindset that permeates political
life, by Avasna Pandey (kp 18/11/2016)
Social stigma related to sexual violence still rampant in society (ht 17/11/2016)
Global Gender Gap Index 2016: Nepal fails to improve on 2015’s place (kp 13/11/2016) [see Nepal data in report by World Economic Forum]
Women’s health declining from hard toil (ht 10/11/2016)
Women and climate change: Gender responsive adaptive capacity in communities in rural Nepal is important, by Sushmita Lama (kp 08/11/2016)
Onward,
nasty women! Although we see and recognize casual and subtle sexism
around us everyday many of us hesitate to stand up and protest, by Jigyasa Sharma (rep 08/11/2016)
Muslim community stands against dowry, by Pawan Yadav (kp 07/11/2016)
NIC urges women to be aware of their rights (ht 05/11/2016), Women yet to benefit from women-friendly policies, by Tenzin Tsomo (rep 05/11/2016), Women hesitant to report cases of sexual harassment, by Gyanu Sapkota (rep 05/11/2016)
Diverse experiences: It is important to understand that empowerment can take different forms for different women, by Emma Karki (kp 21/10/2016)
Economic progress: Invest in 10-year-old girls, by Giulia Vallese (ht 21/10/2016)
Love of reading increasing among local women in Kavre, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht 17/10/2016)
Nepal ranks 85th in opportunities for girls (kp 14/10/2016)
Filling the gap: In the absence of men it’s the women who are taking up the responsibility of rebuilding houses in rural areas, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep 28/09/2016)
Girls no brides: Around 37 percent Nepali girls are married before they reach 18 and 10 percent before they reach 15, by David Kainee (rep 22/09/2016)
SAsia
One Billion Rising campaign gets underway: aunched in 2013, One Billion
Rising is a global movement calling for action to end violence against
women and to protect women’s rights (kp 20/09/2016)
Working women: Women in entertainment sector need to be protected and accorded dignity (kp 02/09/2016)
Power to women: Male politicians still do not believe women to be as capable and deserving as themselves, by Bineeta Gurung (nt 02/09/2016)
In the driving seat: Apart from proportionate representation, women need to have rights to grant citizenship as men do, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 02/09/2016)
Women want dignified, exploitation-free work (kp 31/08/2016)
Breaking taboos surrounding widowhood (kp 29/08/2016)
Quake-hit
girls falling into trafficking trap: According to Maiti Nepal,
trafficking in the earthquake-affected districts has increased after
the earthquakes (kp 02/08/2016)
Unkindest cut: The increasing frequency of artificial birth in urban Nepal disempowers women, by Laxmi Tamang (kp 31/07/2016)
Last women first: Widowed by the war,
rendered homeless by the earthquakes, Nepal’s conflict widows have
drawn the shortest straws and are grappling to stay afloat, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 23/07/2017)
Autumn
of the patriarchy: Social justice, development and peace require Nepali
women to be on equal terms with Nepali men in all fields (nt 15/07/2016)
For
a better today and tomorrow: The longer we take time to invest in
adolescent girls, the more Nepal will miss opportunities for growth, by Giulia Vallese (kp 10/07/2016), Call for investing in teenage girls (kp 12/07/2016)
Nepal ranked 11th in skewed child sex ratio (ht 10/07/2016)
Women
still waiting to rebuild homes and lives: Women survivors of the
earthquake struggle to cope with grief, loneliness and government
neglect, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 24/06/2016)
The second chapter: Survivors of trafficking help one another rebuild their lives, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt 24/06/2016)
Widow woes: Widows are discounted in statistics, neglected by authorities and lost within the homogeneous women population, by Sumeera Shrestha (kp 23/06/2016), Some men never changeTop male politicians are trying to undo the rights given to women by the constitution, by Asmita Verma (kp 24/06/2016), Widows demand economic empowerment (ht 24/06/2016)
The
reject brides of Rupandehi: Young women who fell in the snare of child
marriage are being disowned by their husbands and in-laws (kp 17/06/2016)
Female migrant Nepalis taking up jobs outside domestic confines, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 05/06/2016)
Men, women and corruption:
Is it women’s participation in politics that is reducing corruption or
is higher corruption deterring women from entering politics?, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 05/06/2016)
Periodic blues, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 03/06/2016)
Mobilising women: Women’s centres help empower women to claim their rights and regain their footing, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 03/06/2016)
Equal but unequal: Prez Bhandari, Speaker Magar should clearly state support for women’s citizenship rights (kp 31/05/2016)
Badi women demand security, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/05/2016)
2 rape victims disowned by families (kp 25/05/2016)
Visiting the hinterland: Sometimes, I wonder how my life would be if I was born as a girl in the Madhesi community, by Jenisha Maharjan (kp 24/05/2016)
Growing cases of early motherhood a challenge in Madhes, by Santosh Singh (rep 24/05/2016)
The girl story: Maya's story shows how to go beyond describing the tough reality, to changing it, by Anne-Brigitte Albrectsen (rep 18/05/2016)
Investing
in women: The international framework on women's rights has been an
important instrument on the road to gender equality, by Kirsten Geelan (rep 11/05/2016)
Child
marriage, abortion cases high in Dang: Some women found to have
undergone abortion up to six times in one year before reaching the age
of 20, by Durgalal KC (kp 03/05/2016)
Poverty and gender: Households headed by females have a lower poverty rate than those headed by males, by Krishna Kumar Sah (kp 03/05/2016)
They are sufferers too: Women victims of sexual violence during the Maoist conflict must get due priority, by Neetu Pokharel and Som Niroula (kp 27/04/2016)
Women victimized by polygamy hesitate to go to court, by Chhabilal Tiwari (rep 27/04/2016)
Invisible work: With changing gender relations, unpaid care work should now be given the attention it deserves, by Anjam Singh (kp 21/04/2016)
Tough going: Women politicians find themselves caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 17/04/2016)
Youths demand safe city for women (ht 17/04/2016)
‘Needs of women often overlooked in crisis’ (ht 11/04/2016)
Too young to marry: Political leaders must move to end child marriage by considering it a national issue, by Asmita Verma (kp 10/04/2016)
Breaking taboo, widows wear red (kp 10/04/2016)
A Different Kind Of Aftershock For Nepali Girls, by Azera Parveen Rahman (kp 05/04/2016)
Women in Dang: Age no bar for education, by Devendra Basnet (rep 05/04/2016)
Gender discrimination: Kalikot villages celebrate birth of male child, by Durgalal KC (kp 31/03/2016)
Women’s day, every day: Advancing the status of women is not only the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do, by Alaina B. Teplitz (kp 29/03/2016)
Nepal hosts its first girl summit in Kathmandu (ht 24/03/2016), Empower women thru education: Prince Harry (ht 24/03/2016)
Girls are the future: It is time to unlock the potential of girls in Nepal and support their empowerment, by Gail Marzetti (kp 23/03/2016)
Women in the woods: Nepal has a long way to go with regard to achieving gender equality goals in forestry, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 21/03/2016)
Meet calls for empowering women at grassroots level (kp 20/03/2016)
World Women Conference kicks off (kp 14/03/2016)
Stand-up for women: Men and women should be seen as two wheels of the same cart, by Kajol Shah (kp 14/03/2016)
The other athletes: The country hardly remembers the names of its female medallists, by Arun Budhathoki (kp 13/03/2016)
Nepal to host Girl Summit (ht 11/03/2016)
Equality in true sense: Removing traditional barriers to achieving gender parity needs greater priority in Nepal (kp 08/03/2016), For the women: The mainstream women movement has a long way to go before it can claim to represent ‘all Nepali women’, by Subha Ghale (kp 08/03/2016), Nepal
still needs to give women wider roles: UN; The UN suggests the upcoming
local elections need to be shaped by women as both equal voters and as
candidates (kp 08/03/2016)
Yes,
they can: In rural Nepal girls' attendance drops during agricultural
and festival seasons, they arrive at school late tired due to work
burdens, by Louise C.F. Shah (rep 08/03/2016)
Land
of our daughters: On the International Day of Women, we salute the
millions of women across Nepal who will not have a holiday because they
are too busy feeding and raising their families (nt 04/03/2016)
Our version of feminism, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 04/03/2016)
Teaching the write way: Activist challenges notion that social service is solely for women, by Michael Nishimura (nt 04/03/2016)
Taboo no more: Why is it so difficult for Nepali society to embrace female sexuality?, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 04/03/2016)
Child marriage still rampant: 50 pc women aged 20-49 years got married before they were 18 (ht 28/02/2016)
The awakening, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 26/02/2016)
More women leaders sought in politics (kp 25/02/2016), The feminist mystique: There is little recognition of the great diversity of Nepali women even in this day of identity politics, by Deepak Thapa (kp 25/02/2016), ‘New forms of violence emerging in society’ (ht 25/02/2016)
Miles to go: Nepal must bring policies to eliminate gender disparities in our workplaces, by Anta Yadav (rep 24/02/2016)
Plan to encourage menstruating girls to attend school, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 08/02/2016)
Single women left in lurch after quake, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 04/01/2016)
Women continue to fall prey to lure of foreign jobs, by Raju Adhikari (rep 02/02/2016)
Formalisation per se does not support Nepali women to expand and ensure the sustainability of their business, by Mirela Xheneti and Shova Thapa Karki (kp 27/01/2016)
Unreported Lives: One ride at a time, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 22/01/2016)
CEDAW: Govt runs six months past report submission deadline (kp 19/01/2016), Sixth shadow report to be presented to CEDAW committee (ht 19/01/2016)
Female
quake victims deprived of identity cards: Manu Humagain of National
Women Council says the government must reassess the number of
earthquake victims (kp 18/01/2016)
Ramechhap women tilling their fields (ht 18/01/2016)
Youth and gender: Unemployment is a significant impediment to constructive participation of young people, by Samira Paudel (kp 17/01/2016)
Beyond
the city: Outside the Valley are women acting under a wide spectrum of
roles, yet they are not benifiting from the wildly progressive trends
of the urban centres, by Lauren Peterson (kp 16/01/2016)
Suicide rate among Tarai women on rise: Report (kp 08/01/2016)
Faux feminists: Madheshi women pose no threat to national sovereignty and yet they are denied citizenship on the same pretext, by Kalpana Jha (rep 06/01/2016), Faux divisions: I was taken aback when a woman who claims to be a feminist compared the ongoing blockade to a rape, by Banita Khanal (rep 14/01/2016)
Social change through political empowerment? Nepal gets first female President and Speaker of the Parliament in 2015, by Ashok Dahal and Shreejana Shrestha (rep 31/12/2015)
Women rights groups, FNJ censure Janaki Temple incident (kp 21/12/2015)
Women power: Though Nepal’s female labour force is high in the region, it hides a grim picture (kp 18/12/2015)
Public Safety Is Every Woman’s Human Right, by Rakhi Ghosh (rn 12/12/2015)
Equality for women still a far cry in Nepali media, says GMMP report (ht 27/11/2015)
Chhaupadi
practice still continues in Dailekh villages: Arjun
Shahi of Rakam in the district says VDC offices banned
the superstitious practice without proper preparations,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp 18/11/2015)
Case
for quotas: As long as gender discrimination persists
in society women will continue to need reservations,
by Seema Subedi (kp 18/11/2015)
Still
second sex: Despite the election of a female
president, Nepal needs to do a lot more to empower its
women, by Mira Kafle (kp 26/11/2015)
Not
by chance: Bhandari's win has to be viewed in terms of
changes in Nepali social structure in the past three
decades, by Pranab Kharel (rep 04/11/2015)
Self-defence
training boosts Valley women’s confidence, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 02/11/2015), On
guard: Self-defence classes and other efforts to curb
gender violence should go in tandem (kp
03/11/2015)
Celebrating
Nepal's Presidential Election: Female Power Rising,
by Prem Khatry (rn 03/11/2015)
Women
breaking with tradition (ht 02/11/2015)
‘Prez
election a morale-booster for all women’ (ht
02/11/2015)
Single
women await reconstruction relief, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 28/10/2015)
More
than half the sky: Despite their hard work millions of
rural women are still socially disadvantaged, by
Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 25/10/2015)
Nepal
earthquake continues to drive aftershocks through the
lives of women (ht 25/10/2015)
Early
marriage taking toll on youths' health, future, by
Janak KC (rep 20/10/2015)
Gender-bender:
Everyone should be allowed to behave the way they want
to regardless of their gender, by Paridhi Acharya
(kp 18/10/2015)
Women,
girls not safe in open spaces: WHR (ht 17/10/2015)
The
right
to have rights: The new Constitution lays bare
misogynistic and patriarchal psyches that usually hide
behind nationalism, by Sangita Thebe Limbu (nt
16/10/2015)
WWP
to
support informal sector women: Cabin restaurants,
massage parlours and dance bars make up the core of
the entertainment industry and there are 13,000 women
in the entertainment business (kp 14/10/2015)
Pride
and prejudice: Is treating women as second-class
citizens the only way to avert the possibility of a
geopolitical crisis?, by Sophia K. Tamot (kp
14/10/2015)
Study:
Many women feel unsafe at home (kp 12/10/2015)
Rage
against
the machine: The ‘linga’ is god and we must continue
to prostrate before it. We must endlessly pray to it
so that it rescues us from our wretched existence,
by Zahra (kp 03/10/2015)
Law
impedes progress of women: Report (kp 26/09/2015)
The
unending woes of women workers, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 19/09/2015)
Still
the
second sex: Women are being discriminated against,
raped, forced into prostitution in foreign
countries—but what are we going to do about it?,
by Abhinawa Devkota (kp 19/09/2015)
By
the women: This year, let us celebrate Teej by making
a contribution to the quake-affected women, by
Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp 13/09/2015)
A
small, well-lighted place: A group of single women and
widows have been attempting to procure loans to start
small businesses for themselves. But because of
onerous government provisions they have been stymied
in their efforts, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
12/09/2015)
Double
jeopardy: Upper caste people use their social,
economic and political power to silence the Dalit
women, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 12/09/2015)
Not
a
Private Affair: Brides stumble upon a precarious
position in the house, because she is still a new
family family member and will be treated like an
outsider, by Sachi Mulmi (rep 11/09/2015)
Back
with babies: Women migrant workers returning penniless
and with children face a double stigma at home, by
Rojita Adhikari (nt 11/09/2015)
Rescue
me not: Family, society and culture tell women who we
are and how we need to be, and what we can and cannot
do, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 11/09/2015)
Single
women ‘left without access to relief: There are
498,606 single women in the country and it is
estimated that around 2,000 women lost their husbands
in the earthquake, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
02/09/2015)
Through
the barricades: Many Nepali women migrant workers overcome
seemingly insurmountable odds to make enough to start out on
their own upon their return home, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
29/08/2015)
Marriage
registration: Women must register in native district: Govt
(kp 16/08/2015)
HIV
infected and poverty ridden single women struggling hard to
survive, by Barun Paneru (rep 13/08/2015)
Civil
and Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Post
earthquake concerns: Women facing family issues
(kp 09/08/2015)
The
roti-beti
bette noire: The Madhesi woman is arguably the most
talked about individual in Nepali politics; According
to men, she has the power to change Nepal’s demography
all by herself, by Darshan Karki (kp 08/08/2015)
Earthquake
victims: Single women left to fend for themselves,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 04/08/2015)
More
Kaski women filing for divorce (ht 29/07/2015)
UNPF
works for female quake victims (kp 26/07/2015)
Female
refugees of Nepal’s earthquake: A new wave of
outmigration of Nepali women desperate to earn cash to
rebuild family homes, by Karma Gurung (nt
24/07/2015)
Women
in disaster: Needs of quake affected female victims
call for special attention (kp 17/07/2015)
Wrong
conversation:
The disaster retoric that emphasizes women's suffering
takes away focus from the dynamic role women can play
in rebuilding their communities, by Kristen
Zipperer (rep 11/07/2015)
Fear
the future: Drafters of the constitution have
demonstrated myopia rather than long-term vision for
gender equality, by Pramod Mishra (kp 09/07/2015)
Native
aliens:
The message is clear: Men own this country; Women had
no place in Nepal in the past and they will have no
place in Nepal in the future, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 09/07/2015)
Women
entering men’s work domain: Report (ht 06/07/2015)
Girl:
talk period: More than 20% of girls miss school during
their period finds a new study, by Anjana
Rajbhandary (nt 03/07/2015)
Nepal’s
post-quake should boost women: UN (kp 27/06/2015)
No
easy
way out: We cannot be ‘doing feminism’ without
addressing questions of racism and heterosexism within
the citizenship debate, by Kumud Rana (kp
26/06/2015)
CDC
sub-panel settles citizenship issue, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 17/06/2015) [The
male Bahun overlords as based on their traditional
Hindu thinking have decided that women will remain
second or third class citizens under the new
constitution, subordinate to male persons! This issue
is symbolic for what can be expected from the
consequences of the 16-point-agreement!!]
Single
women struggling for survival in far-west region (ht
16/06/2015)
Service
centre winning confidence of people (ht 16/06/2015)
Women
living in tents learn to fend off sexual harassment
(kp 01/06/2015)
Conspiracy
of silence: It is high time we began questioning,
debating, and discussing menstrual taboos more
publicly, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp
28/05/2015)
Demand
for rehabilitation of Badi women (kp 07/04/2015)
Nepali
Muslim women: Forgotten and discriminated, by
Chunni Khatun (ht 03/04/2015)
Privileged
freedom:
Progressive families send girls abroad for education
so they come back and readjust to traditional gender
roles, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 27/03/2015)
Educated
and unemployed: More women are pursuing education
degrees, but it will be difficult to gainfully engage
them in work, by Deepak Thapa (kp 26/03/2015)
Daughters
as
traitors: By doing away with the ‘or’ provision on
citizenship, the state is seeking to institute gender
bias as a national policy, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
17/03/2015)
Education
And Women In Nepal, by Shree Prasad Devkota and
Shiba Bagale (rn 15/03/2015)
Waiting
for an epitaph: Today’s woman is freer than her mother
or grandmother, but her freedom is still circumscribed,
by Vishwendra Paswan and Shakun Sherchand (kp
13/03/2015)
‘Mainstream’
feminism, by Seira Tamang (kp 11/03/2015)
Time
to go big: Imagine a society where women entrepreneurs
export products to meet international demand, by
Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp 08/03/2015)
A
woman’s lot in Nepal, by Jamie McGoldrick (ht
08/03/2015)
Three-fourths
of the sky: Every day should be International Women’s
Day (nt 06/03/2015)
Standing
above the crowd, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 06/03/2015)
Being
Nepali
or becoming Nepali? Nepal has one of the most
progressive laws on gay and lesbian rights, but still
treats its women as second-class citizens, by
Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 06/03/2015)
Living
in fear: Women are taught to be fearful and shameful
for things they have no say in, by Tsering Dolker
(nt 6/03/2015)
All
about the attitude: The Nepali government has already
created workplace policies that should help women in
the workplace; But unless the men who run
organisations willingly implement them, working women
will continue to be treated unfairly, by Chahana
Sigdel (kp 14/02/2015)
Women
facing dowry torture from in-laws (ht 13/02/2015)
A
silent killer: Suicide among Nepali women aged 15-45
increased from 10 percent in 1998 to 16 percent in
2009; It is now leading cause of death among Nepali
women of reproductive age, by Sabi Gurung (rep
07/02/2015)
Around
4,000 girls rescued every year (ht 03/02/2015)
Widowed
early, young women come together to support each other,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 26/01/2015)
Women's
Cooperatives A National Pride, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (rn 23/01/2015)
Trafficking
victims
shunned by own family: Most of the victims said they
were forced to take shelter at Maiti Nepal after their
families turn their backs on them, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 08/01/2015)
Businesses
lift women out of poverty, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 04/01/2015)
The
feminist
mystique: It is important to reiterate, even after
decades of global feminist activism, that feminism
does not translate to a hatred of men, by Subecha
Dahal (kp 04/01/2015)
Doubly
alienated:
Nepali women who work as domestic workers in the
Middle East and return home with babies conceived
through rape find it extremely difficult to
reintegrate into society, by Ransubba Gurung (kp
03/01/2015)
Literacy
classes working wonders on rural women (ht
01/01/2014)
Old
state: Women and citizenship (rep 27/12/2014)
Disabled
women face many kinds of violence (ht 10/12/2014)
Empowering
the other half: All out against VAW, by Gail
Marzetti (ht
10/12/2014)
The
price
of sacrifice: Two women politicians who devoted huge
chunks of their lives for a greater cause now have to
reconcile with their children, by Darshan Karki
(kp 06/12/2014)
Karnali
concerns: Mugu, Humla women seek govt presence in
their villages, by Weena Pun (kp 04/12/2014)
Field
notes: Gender stereotypes in the agriculture labour
market discourage women from practicing farming,
by Hritika Rana (kp 28/11/2014)
A
never-ending tale: Violence-free Asia and the Pacific
for women is just a mere facade, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 28/11/2014)
Half-widows
of war: Hand-in-hand, wives of those disappeared in
the war help each other cope with life, by Trishna
Rana (nt 28/11/2014))
Prostitution
flourishes right under nose of authorities, by
Arjun Poudel (rep 24/11/2014), Flesh
trade attracts young girls in Itahari, by Amar
Khadka (rep 24/11/2014)
Citizenship
by descent issued in mother’s name (ht 11/11/2014)
[Nepal will only be an
inclusive state when such news are not sensational but
normal routine!!]
Swept
along:
Women were attracted to the Maoist party because of
its focus on gender equality, not available to them in
their former life, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep
06/11/2014)
The
ignored
half: How can we as a nation move forward when roughly
half of our population is denied access to proper
education, nutrition, health and economy, by
Khusbhu Mishra (rep 05/11/2014)
The
pursuit of austerity: The values of austerity shape a
whole generation of women who identify themselves as
Maoists, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep 31/10/2014)
Life
after marriage, by Kalu Maila (rep 31/10/2014)
Menstruation
myth, by Pushpa Palanchoke (rep 30/10/2014)
Nepal
narrowing gender disparity (kp 29/10/2014) [See Global
Gender Gap Report 2014 by World Economic Forum;
Nepal country profile on pages 280-1], Pay
parity still eludes Bhaktapur women workers, by
Anup Ojha (kp 29/10/2014), Nepal
ranks 112th in Global Gender Gap, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 29/10/2014),
Narrowing
the gap: Progress in closing the gender gap will
require greater political participation (kp
30/10/2014)
Bajura
yet to rid itself of Chhaupadi tradition: New trail
built for menstruating women (ht 22/10/2014)
A
lady and a witch: Efforts to shape a woman’s identity
around notions of what is considered 'acceptable'
normalise misogyny, by Suman Khadka (kp
21/10/2014)
Empower
adolescents, end violence (ht 14/10/2014)
Talking
about gender: Most men still do not recognise that
gender inequality negatively affects them too, by
Nerine Guinée (kp 14/10/2014)
Digital
divide: Women should be equipped with digital skills
to level the playing field in job market, by Ravi
Kumar (rep 12/10/2014)
Diverging
on Dashain: The practice of first celebrating Dashain
with the husband’s family reflects existing gender
inequalities, by Pramila Rai (kp 01/10/2014)
A
vow to fight violence against women: Feminist leaders
and women rights advocates take stage to express their
solidarity to a global campaign for gender equality,
by Chahana Sigdel (kp 29/09/2014)
Growing
at
the grassroots: The roles of local women activists in
the promotion of national peace building have gone
largely unrecognised, by Radha Paudel (kp
28/09/2014)
Discourse
and reality: Despite the political rhetoric of women’s
empowerment, the state of Nepal’s women remains bleak,
by Suresh Pranjali (kp 26/09/2014)
Statute
of denial: Nepal’s archaic laws put a deadline on
reporting sex crimes, by Mallika Aryal (nt
26/09/2014)
Misery
of Chhaupadi for new mothers (ht 24/09/2014)
Early
marriage deprives girls of educational opportunities,
by Mohan Shahi (kp 22/09/2014)
There
is systematic exclusion in the conferral of
citizenships, interview with Sapana Pradhan Malla
(kp 22/09/2014)
Personal
is political: When it comes to gender sensitivity,
engineering schools in Nepal have a long way to go,
by Heema Rai (kp 21/09/2014)
The
long fight: Women have been pleading with the law
makers to respect their independent identity in
citizenship issues, by Avima Upreti (rep
20/09/2014)
Challenges
galore:
Women bring different perspective and set of traditional
skills to forest management and are known to care for
biodiversity, by Richa Bhattarai (kp 07/09/2014)
Defining
marriage or curbing women’s rights? Activists decry a
proposed clause on family law that is against SC
ruling, by Weena Pun (kp 06/09/2014) [Nepal
is still centuries away from accepting absolute
equality of women and men against the law!]
Assuming
fake
identity: Women aspiring for work abroad are forced to
accept forged passport by employment agents - thanks
to flawed labor law, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
01/09/2014)
Women
representation in civil service dismal, by Dipal
Bayalkoti (kp 30/08/2014)
Menstruation
practices
in urban households: Tussles between older and younger
generations turn urban homes into constant
battlefields, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep 29/08/2014)
Half
the sky: Nepal inches toward gender equality, but
challenges galore in this predominantly patriarchal
society, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 26/08/2014)
Expanding
security:
Rhetoric of making Nepal more ‘secure’ by male elites
must be closely critiqued for what it means for Nepali
women, by Seira Tamang (kp 14/08/2014)
The
struggle within: Indigenous movements must acknowledge
women’s issues, not just limited to reproduction and
sexuality, by Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp 13/08/2014)
Nepal's
fertility rate: Celeb statsman makes figures come alive,
by Weena Pun (kp 08/08/2014)
Relief
for victimised women remains unused (kp
25/07/2014)
The
status of widows: Sans human dignity, by Ambika
Pandey (ht 25/07/2014)
Woman
kicked out from home for dowry (ht 23/07/2014)
It’s
tough being a woman in Bajura: Hard labour,
backbreaking jobs only way to earn a living in the
villages, by Prakash Singh (ht 20/07/2014)
Stakeholders
for greater participation of women in politics
(rep 16/07/2014)
A
burning issue: Women’s health does not simply comprise
maternity and reproductivehealth; acute respiratory
infections are also an occupational hazard, by Anita
Karki (kp 15/07/2014)
Bajura
girls skip school for 5 days every month, by
Krishna Oli (rep 02/07/2014)
Time
for
action: Human civilisation has done away with many ill
traditions but violence against women persists in
different forms, by Purna Thapa (rep 02/07/2014)
Women
on the move: Gender shapes mobility and thus,
constitutes an arena where female empowerment in Nepal
can be discussed, by Gitta Shrestha (kp
29/06/2014)
Out
of
the whirlpool: How a cooperative founded and run by
female sex workers helped one prostitute break the
cycle of exploitation and hopelessness, and how it
could help many more like her, by Weena Pun (kp
28/06/2014)
Women
take to streets against child marriage, dowry, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 28/06/2014)
Domestic
violence against women: Muslim women found to be more
vulnerable, by Arjun Oli (rep 27/06/2014)
Dalit
women campaign against dowry, child marriage in
Rautahat, by Madan Thakur (rep 23/06/2014), Dalit
women start campaign against dowry, by Shiva Puri
(kp 02/07/2014)
Not
there
yet: Our social structure gives a man unquestioned
probity whilethe moral integrity of a woman is
constantly interrogated, by Barsha Paudel (kp
22/06/2014)
Biased
gender views rife among adolescents (kp
21/06/2014)
Selective
abortions
on rise in far-west districts: Education and awareness
in these areas a must to check slaughter of unborn
daughters, by Prakash Singh (ht 20/06/2014)
Widow
remarriage remains a taboo: Young women lose their
hubbies to armed conflict and happiness to social
norms, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 08/06/2014)
Women
workers are doubly vulnerable, by Rojita Adhikari
(nt 06/06/2014)
Women
returnees from jobs abroad face social ostracism
(ht 06/06/2014)
Single
and Suffering, by Nirjana Sharma (rep 06/06/2014)
Menstruating
teachers not allowed in Bajhang schools, by Jagat
Khadka (rep 31/05/2014)
Anti-chhaupadi
girls say their campaign bearing fruit (ht
30/05/2014)
Ghettoed
in the name of deities: Women in Western Nepal still
subject to inhumane Chhaupadi practices, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 21/05/2014)
Inheritance
of hope: The law guarantees equal rights to women but
discriminations against them persist, by Swechha
Ghimire (rep 19/05/2014)
Plight
of single women in Bajura, by Krishna Oli (rep
17/04/2014)
Bodily
rights, by Roshani Dhamala (rep 16/05/2014)
More
equal than others: Ensuring equal property rights for
women, before and after marriage, could go some way
towards eliminating the dowry practice, by Seema
Pandey (kp 09/05/2014)
From
the margins: It is going to be a long way before
society stops blaming women for everything that goes
wrong in their lives, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp
04/05/2014)
Women
holding up half the sky, by Nirjana Sharma (rep
03/05/2014)
Women
power: It is time to move beyond tokenism and
internalise the need to empower women, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 29/04/2014)
No
citizenship through mother: DPM Gautam (rep
24/04/2014) [Male Bahun UML leaders are obviously showing
their true face! This man is absolutely diqualified
for the process towards an inclusive Nepal and should
be dismissed immediately!!], Bamdev's
misogyny:
Home minister seems to believe a woman is not a
complete individual or citizen in herself and that she
is always subordinate to a man, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 01/05/2014) [He really
believes in this! This is typical male Thagadhari
thinking that should have no place in a new Nepal!
There is no chance for a better Nepal with ministers
like Bam Dev Gautam!!]]
Saarc,
UN Women sign pact on gender equality in South Asia (kp
16/04/2014)
Songs
for change: Through increased participation in music, women
are challeging deep-seated patriarchal norms in society,
by Prabin Shrestha (kp 13/04/2014)
Maids
or
daughters? You call the conjugal relationship as two
wheels of the same cart but how can the cart move when
you make one wheel weak and fragile?, by Munna
Dahal (rep 12/04/2014)
Nepal’s
mobile widows: Owning a phone empowers single mothers,
helps them become independent, and earn respect,
by Juanita Malagon (nt 11/04/2014)
What
holds them back?, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep
28/03/2014)
Plight
of the poor: Domestic servants, by Bindesh Dahal
(rep 26/03/2014)
Women
launch anti-Chhaupadi campaign in West Surkhet (nn
22/03/2014)
Women’s
Cause: A Call For Autonomous Efforts, by Avinash
Mishra (rn 21/03/2014)
Strategising
women’s rights: The role of women in political parties
must be a key concern for the women's movement, by
Seira Tamang (kp 19/03/2014)
Dhaka
weaving helps women to stand on own feet, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/03/2014)
Treat
them
right: A radical change in social perceptions is
essential for women's true liberation; educated men
should practice what they preach to end sexism, by
Keshar M. Ghimire (rep 15/03/2014)
Mostly
women are victimized in inter-caste marriage, by
Khema Basnet (rep 14/03/2014)
Woman
takes up mason’s job, by Durga Lal KC (kp
11/03/2014)
Common
cause: There is a need to broaden the understanding of
the women’s movement in Nepal, beyond the activism led
by NGOs, by Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp 11/03/2014)
Muslim
girl deprived of higher education, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 10/03/2014)
Artistes
rock to rock patriarchy, by Weena Pun (kp
09/03/2014), Govt
to uplift women’s status, says PM Koirala (kp
09/03/2014)
[Yes, by disregarding them!
Look at your own government! Look at your own party!!],
Women
unsafe at their own homes: INSEC (rep
09/03/2014),
3,000
VAW cases in 2013 (kp
09/03/2014),
Dhading
Police establishes women cells in all VDCs, by
Sudip Kaini (kp
09/03/2014)
Female land owners up threefold in decade: In rural
and Himalayan regions, the discounts are 30 percent
and 40 percent respectively (kp 08/03/2014)
Women's
Rights: Continuing Fight, by Nikki Sharma (sp
07/03/2014)
Equal
property rights: On paper a woman is eligible to equal
share of property; but is it really equal?, by
Nitya Pandey (rep 07/03/2014), Macho
nationalism: A Nepali man can marry anyone and his
child will be Nepali, but if a Nepali woman marries a
foreigner her child can be denied citizenship, by
Mallika Aryal (nt 07/03/2014), Not
just half the sky: Let’s not ‘celebrate’ International
Women’s Day on Saturday. Let’s mark it as a day of
mourning (nt
07/03/2014)
The
inexorable march: Why Nepal is becoming a more equal
society, by Biswas Baral (rep 07/03/2014)
Int’l
Women’s Day: Discrimination against women still
persists (nn 06/03/2014)
Kailali
women becoming self-reliant (ht 06/03/2014)
Falling
out: Uterine prolapse is not just about health; it is
a women’s rights issue (kp 24/02/2014)
Eyes
of the world: International attention can often
support the efforts of local activists, by Aruna
Uprety (kp 23/02/2014), Better
tomorrow: Discrimination against women is a result of
their low socio-economic status, by Pratima
Bhattarai (kp 23/02/2014)
Sex
workers denounce raids, call on govt to regulate the
sector, by Anjali Subedi (rep 01/02/2014)
High
male migration: Females left to fend for themselves,
by Pragati Shahi (kp 25/01/2014), Villages
without men, by Barun Paneru (rep 25/01/2014), Males’
absence changes women’s role, by Shiva Sharma and
Purna BK (kp 17/01/2014)
Of
misogynists and bed-warmers: Female quotas in the CA
should be for feminist women leaders who use political
positions to help women’s causes, by Suman Khadka
(kp 21/01/2014)
Undeterred‚
determined, by Sangita Shrestha (ht 05/01/2014) (on
Charimaya Tamang)
Nepali
women's protracted battle for equality rages on, by
Anjali Subedi (rep 01/01/2014)
A
suitable groom: Women should choose men who not only
believe in equality but also practise it, by Neeti
Aryal Khanal (kp 27/12/2013)
Laws
on inheritance: Women still fighting for equal rights,
by Weena Pun (kp 26/12/2013)
Where
helping women is against men’s ‘prestige’, by
Mohan Shahi (rep 21/12/2013)
Durgamandu
declared free of Chhaupadi, by Mohan Shahi (kp
23/12/2013)
The
present status of Nepali women, by Ashmita
Bhattarai (rep 21/12/2013)
Nepali
women can reclaim their voice through financial
independence, by Catherine Nixon (devex
21/12/2013)
Campaign
against Chhaupadi in Kailali village, by Padam
Sapkota (ht 14/12/2013)
Catering
for widows' empowerment, by Alana Rosenbaum (rep
13/12/2013)
Rowa
to be first Chhaupadi-free VDC in Mugu, by Suman
Malla (rep 10/12/2013)
Ruby
in the rough: A young woman in Nepalganj strives to be
a strong role model for others to help them fight the
right fight, by Mallika Aryal (nt 06/12/2013)
Woman
fights against forced divorce, by Shiva Prasad
Uprety (ht 01/12/2013)
Token
representation: Within a patriarchal context, women
end up playing political roles on male terms, by
Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa (kp 08/11/2013)
Cultural
violence:
When they are the most in need of nutricious food,
care and hygiene, women are compelled to live
like animals, by Ankita K.C. (rep 30/10/2013)
Forced
marriage still in practice in Bajura villages, by
Arjun Shah (kp 27/10/2013)
Nepal
ranked 121st in global gender gap report (kp
26/10/2013)
Let’s
talk about girls: Nepal has laws that prohibit child
marriages, but not the enforcement mechanisms, by
Aleksandra Percynska (nt 11/10/2013)
Spot
of bother: Menstruation taboos (rep 09/10/2013)
Girls
at Bajura school skip class during menstruation,
by Krishna Oli (rep 07/10/2013)
The
other side of motherhood, by Cilla Khatry (rep
04/10/2013)
Smithy
raises seven Dalit women’s economic status, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 30/09/2013)
Dalit
women faced with twofold violence, by Laxman
Darnal (rep 27/09/2013)
Vicious
voodoo: Accusations of witchcraft and the ensuing
effects are some of the worst forms of violence
against women, by Manisha Subedi (kp 22/09/2013)
Rebellion
or hollow victory? That the Maoists lifted the banda
on durr day was a symbolic victory; women now need to
look for bigger fish to fry, by Suman Khadka (kp
15/09/2013)
Unmet
goal: Nepal is unlikely to empower women and achieve
gender equality by 2015 (kp 13/09/2013)
Breaking
Silence:
WaterAid Nepal organized a program bringing various
stakeholders to help people break the silence on
menstrual hygiene (sp 07/09/2013)
Women
rights activists fail to capitalise on Teej, by
Weena Pun (kp 06/09/2013)
An
apologizing ceremony: Is menstruation a sin?, by
Nitya Pandey (rep 06/09/2013)
On
putting
mind over matter: I believe awareness is the key in
this matter; Women should be made conscious regarding
their rights to vote and choose their own leaders and
representatives, interview with Sarita Giri (rep
06/09/2013)
43
per cent Nepali females illiterate: UN (ht
04/09/2013)
Hard
bargain: Circumstances cause women to migrate for
money, leaving behind things far more important than
money can ever buy, by Shristi Joshi (rep
04/09/2013)
The
silent
half: Girls have less social interaction than boays;
reflecting on dialogues are instrumental to our
understanding of reality, by Ashok Raj Khati (rep
03/09/2013)
One
thing at a time: Efforts to improve the lives of Badi
women and their children must target specific needs,
by Sony K.C. (kp 25/08/2013)
Race
and prostitution: A nuanced analysis that goes beyond
associating sex work with naïve female victims and
poverty is missing, by Kumud Rana (kp 20/08/2013)
Spoils
of
war: The Maoist insurgency, more than any exogenously
driven campaign or development intervention, helped
empower women socially and economically, by
Ranjita Sapkota (kp 13/09/2013)
Stifled
rights: Sex-selective Abortion, by Adity Karki (rep
31/07/2013)
Badi
women: is there a life beyond prostitution?, by
Bibbi Abruzzini (sp 26/07/2013)
Every
young girl has the right to fulfill her human
potential, by Giulia Vallese (sp 26/07/2013)
A
few good women: Lack of female officers at police
stations seriously affects women’s access to justice,
especially for Madhesis, by Bhabes Kumar Labh (kp
26/07/2013)
Women
at arms: Instead of feminising the traditionally male
Army, women are indoctrinated to behave like men,
challenging the very notion of femininity, by Indra
Adhikari (kp 19/07/2013)
Bewitched:
The witchcraft system denounces a human being,
generally a weak person, who cannot defend oneself,
by Gérard Toffin (kp 16/07/2013)
No
country for young girls: The custom of child marriage in
Nepal, by Om Astha Rai (rep 12/07/2013)
Rise
above: Despite worldwide movements for equal rights
and representation, Nepali women remain disadvantaged,
whether in politics, education, legal rights or
economic status, by Rama Bashyal (kp 07/07/2013)
Economic
empowerment key to end violence against Dalit women
(rep 05/07/2013)
Number
of girl dropouts in Kanchanpur schools increases due
to early marriage (nn 01/07/2013)
UN
Women calls for broad gender mainstreaming (ht
29/06/2013)
At
risk, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 29/06/2013)
Call
to utilise single women’s fundproperly (ht
29/06/2013)
The
lives of women, by Sadia Khatri (kp 16/06/2013)
From
blind
to balanced: Current climate change policies are
regressive in terms of gender inclusiveness and will
perpetuate existing inequalities, by Basundhara
Bhattarai (kp 04/06/2013)
Half
the
sky: Effective interventions must engage men to
address social norms that legitimise male power,
control and the use of violence, by Sambriddhi
Kharel (kp 31/05/2013)
Muslim
women seek their rights, by Rakesh Chaudhary (rep
31/05/2013)
Chepang
women lack health awareness: Health workers (kp
28/05/2013)
Who
does the dishes? We need to recognise and break the
cycle of gendered division of labour within our homes,
by Kumud Rana (kp 26/05/2013)
In
the driving seat: Women affirmed their agency at the
Rato Machhindranath jatra (kp 24/05/2013)
Midlife
education: Women beating illiteracy, by Asmita
Manandhar (rep 17/05/2013)
Life
of a housewife cop, by Nitya Pandey (rep 17/05/2013)
Silent
sufferings, by Bibek Bhandari (rep 17/05/2013)
Mother's
citizenship still not being accepted (ht
06/05/2013), Mind
the gap: Citizenship through mothers, by Avima
Upreti (rep 06/05/2013)
`Social
ills impel women migration' (ht 03/05/2013)
All
the single ladies: The time is ripe to mobilise single
women for peacebuilding, by Lily Thapa (kp
30/04/2013)
Women
in media: ‘Few employed, few quoted’ (kp
26/04/2013)
Bhojpur
women more vulnerable to disease than men because of
work over-load (nn 17/04/2013)
Subtle
ploys: Domination of women, by Giri Bahadur Sunar
(rep 16/04/2013)
Not
just wives and daughters: Feminist leaders who serve
in our name should remember that a political position
is not an end but a means to actually do something for
us, by Suman Khadka (kp 14/04/2013)
Radha
Paudel: A Changemaker, by Nistha Rayamajhi (rep
12/04/2013)
More
than quotas: More than quotas, by Barsha Paudel
(rep 11/04/2013)
The
female factor: Women's equality in different sectors
still a far cry, by Punya Poudel (rep 05/04/2013)
A
tale of two female ‘drivers’, by Krishna Dangi (kp
30/03/2013)
Things
are changing: It may take a few more years to end the
chou goth system in far west Nepal, but it will
happen, by Aruna Uprety (kp 17/03/2013)
The
missing link: Gender equality, by Binod Sijapati
(rep 17/03/2013)
Moulding
beauty:
At 26, Mina is single and independent, a characteristic
one will find in a number of women her age in Nepal
today, D.J. Clark and Prateebha Tuladhar (kp
16/03/2013)
Feminine
strength: Empowering Nepali women, by Suraj Thapa
(rep 13/03/2013)
Women
awarded for their roles (kp 09/03/2013)
Dowry:
A noose around her neck?, by Sangita Shrestha (ht
09/03/2013)
Miles
to go, by Yang Hao (rep 09/03/2013)
A
promise is a promise: A look back at the progress made
in women’s rights over the years and towards the
challenges the future holds, by Prativa Subedi (kp
09/03/2013)
Problems
‘galore’ for Muslim women, by Janak Nepal (kp
09/03/2013)
Unsung
heroes: The single mothers, by Cilla Khatry (rep
08/03/2013)
Nepal’s
gender apartheid: The real day for women is still a long
way away in Nepal, by Deepti Gurung (nt 08/03/2013)
Empowering
women to become change makers, by Nistha Rayamajhi
(rep 08/03/2013)
Despite
odds Women doing good in journalism, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 05/03/2013)
Nepal
capable of combating discrimination, by Arjun Kumar
Khadka (kp 05/03/2013)
Lack
of awareness, impunity hurdles to women's rights, by
Chitra Lekha Yadav (kp 05/03/2013)
Chhaupadi
still taking root in Dailekh VDCs, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 03/03/2013)
Opportunities
and challenges: Women in workforce, by Mukesh Khanal
(rep 03/03/2013)
Girl
power: Opportunities for women (rep 27/02/2013)
Scooty,
tempo, sapana: Three events that led to a better
understanding of feminism, by Sanjay Sharma (kp
20/02/2013)
Freedom
to love: It's time to scrap the age-old tradition of
girls waiting for boys to say the magic words, by
Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp 14/02/2013)
‘19
percent women practise Chhaupadi’ (kp 10/02/2013)
Conditioning
violence: The current state of rising impunity against
women should be turned into an opportunity to educate
our sons and daughters on the value of equality, justice
and respectful coexistence, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
10/02/2013)
The
women in blue, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 09/02/2013)
Women
in our sentences, by Smriti Jaiswal Ravindra (kp
09/02/2013)
Bringing
widow's rights to the forefront, interview with Lily
Thapa (rep 08/02/2013), Single
women: Light On Their Plight: A two-day international
conference on single (widowed) women highlighted their
plight (sp 08/02/2013)
Gender
based violence: Occupy Baluwatar highlights the issue,
by Cilla Khatry (rep 08/02/2013), Occupy
Baluwatar: A dawn of hope but a cry in the wilderness,
by Namrata Sharma (rep 08/02/2013)
Economic empowerment a must for widows: Despite
supportive religious and state laws,grip of patriarchy
hindering progress of ‘single women’in South Asia region,
by Kokila K.C. (ht 05/02/2013)
Fighting
spirits: A mother-daughter duo epitomizes the strength
and caliber of Sherpa women, by Richa Bhattarai (rep
01/02/2013)
Misplaced
priorities, by Cilla Khatry (rep 01/02/2013), Parenthood
planning for mother-child wellbeing, by Asmita
Manandhar (rep 01/02/2013)
Early
marriage force Muslim, Madhesi girls to drop out from
school (nn 31/01/2013)
Gender
discrimination: Unequal rights, by Raja Ram Dhungana
(rep 28/01/2013)
Proportional
powers: Proportional inclusion of women in power
structures is the best measure to combat crimes against
women, by Bipin Shah (kp 22/01/2013)
Women and girls: The visible force for disaster-resilience,
by Ratindra Khatri (ht 21/01/2013)
Touching
on
untouchable: When criticising our religious practices, we
end up criticising elders who inform us of them rather than
the scriptures that propose them, by Astha Sharma
Pokharel (rep 21/01/2013)
A
window for change: Women in Nepal encounter threats to
personal security throughout their lives, and society
and the state have so far been of little help in
ensuring them protection against these, by Arzu Rana
Deuba (kp 12/01/2013), Barbarity
of the mind: What must hurt more than the bodily harm
one sustains in cases of sexual abuse, is what it does
to the mind, to one’s perception of the world, by
Manisha Neupane (kp 12/01/2013), Creatures
of
conditioning: The prevalence of rape and other forms of
gender based violence are a reflection of the
inadequacies and ineffectiveness of our social
structures and institutions, by Pratyush Nath Upreti
(kp 12/01/2013), Giving
a movement momentum, by Shreya Thapa (kp
12/01/2013), Precious:
If
one is introduced to the rigours of patriarchy at
marriage, the real row with it begins when one gives
birth to a baby girl, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
12/01/2013), The
trigger? The lack of strict legal measures doesn’t help,
but it’s the kind of minds and consciences that enable
these grotesque crimes against women that is the problem,
by Amrit Bhandari (kp 12/01/2013)
Far
from matriarchy, by Namrata Sharma (rep 11/01/2013)
Women
are left to their own devices, by Pratima Pariyar
(rep 11/01/2013)
Changing
Deep-rooted Culture of Violence against Women, by
Raj Maharjan (nn 10/01/2013)
Study
seeks end to dowry custom (ht 06/01/2016)
Shamed
into silence, by Amrit Bhandari (kp 05/01/2013)
The
halfway point, by Ayush Joshi (kp 29/12/2012)
Gender-bender:
It is time to imagine women in the driver’s
seat—literally, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 23/12/2012)
Mid-level
crisis: Even the most well-qualified and skilled women
are having a hard time breaking the glass ceiling,
by Puja Tandon (nt 14/12/2012)
Women
on the move: Female migrant workers are helping to
improve the living standard of their families, by
Renu Rajbhandari and Namita Nepal (kp 13/12/2012)
Beyond
the pale: Badi girl children, by Pushpa Palanchoke
(rep 11/12/2012)
Girls
Endure Abuse as Domestic Workers, Seek Education in
Nepal, by Usha K.C. (rep 07/12/2012)
Still
a long way to women empowerment, by Pragati Shahi
(kp 04/12/2012)
Plan
to empower rural women (kp 30/11/2012)
Women
rights defenders themselves at risk (ht 30/11/2012)
Women
human rights defenders day: Chhaupadi thrives as women
suffer, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 29/11/2012)
Maid
in Arabia: The age ban on women migrants is not only
hurting women but also Nepal’s GDP, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 27/11/2012)
Girl
power(less)? Gender bias at work, by Sumesh
Shiwakoty (rep 27/11/2012)
Isolation
Rituals at First Menstruation Draw Scrutiny in Nepal,
by Kamala Gautam (rep 23/11/2012)
Lift
the ban: The restriction on women seeking foreign
employment is not working (kp 21/11/2012)
Women’s
migration
booms despite age bar: About 6,184 Nepali women migrants
joined foreign jobs in first three months of current
fiscal (ht 19/11/2012)
23
percent underage girls in wedlock (kp 18/11/2012), Early
marriage affecting girl's education, health (nn
18/11/2012)
Ransom
fails to free abducted youth, by Janak Nepal (kp
04/11/2012)
Bypassing tradition, single women receive tika (ht
30/10/2012)
Battered
and bruised: Historical development of laws concerning
domestic violence against women in Nepal, by Sushma
Adhikari Ojha (kp 21/10/2012)
Returnee
women want to be their own masters, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 19/10/2012)
Hell's
angels, by Hari Krishna Nibanupudi (rep 13/10/2012)
Beset
with health problems, young mothers rue the day (kp
12/10/2012), Initiative
to prioritise quality education for girls: ‘Because I am
a girl campaign’ aims to tackle child marriages,
violence (ht 12/10/2012)
Menstruating
women still barred from using village taps, by
Prakash Adhikari (kp 11/10/2012)
Women
make history, pull Kumari chariot (kp 04/10/2012), And
so it goes…, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 06/10/2012)
‘Let’s
break the silence on menstrual hygiene’ (ht
27/09/2012)
True
empowerment: Women's emancipation, by Govinda
Narayan (rep 27/09/2012)
Purification
rituals come under fire: Women’s rights activists say
the rites discriminate against women (ht 21/09/2012)
Women’s
presence in judiciary still dismal, by Pranab Kharel
(kp 18/09/2012), Inclusion
in security forces: Much is yet to be desired, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp 18/09/2012), Parties
fail to translate words into deeds, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 18/09/2012)
Banned
from independence: Imposing a restriction for women to
work in gulf countries is counterproductive for the
women’s rights movement and national economy, by
Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 09/09/2012)
No
time for school: Despite the progress in female literacy,
young girls in the Tarai are taken out of their classrooms
and forced into early marriage (nt 31/08/2012)
Woman
gives birth to 7th child to nurture only son, by Shyam
Sundar Shashi (kp 31/08/2012)
Living
in hell: A prostitute's social stigma, by Alka
Gurung (rep 14/08/2012)
The
neglected voice: Women displacement in Nepal, by
Suresh Pranjali (rep 11/08/2012)
Promises
to keep: Plight of women migrants (rep 01/08/2012)
Invisible
workforce: Women’s work has gone unnoticed for decades,
but affirmative action could help improve gender
equality, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp 31/07/2012)
The
worth of my uterus, by Shreya Thapa (kp m21/07/2012)
Dowry
system: Archaic and a scourge, by Ram Dayal Rakesh
(ht 18/07/2012)
Growing
'entertainment' industry traps Nepali girls, by
Naresh Newar (rep 17/07/2012)
Women
still unprepared to claim share in parental property,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 16/07/2012)
Women
lead single lives in Humla, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya
(kp 13/07/2012)
Women
role models for peace: Their life stories, by
Ujjwala Maharjan (rep 13/07/2012)
Married
at 13, mother at 14, by Kamal Thapa (rep 30/06/2012)
Humanism,
Feminism and Human Rights of 'Prostitutes', by Alka
Gurung (nn 23/06/2012)
Govt
provision encourages rural women: Brings a positive
change in people’s attitude towards women owning
property, by Samik Kharel (kp 18/06/2012)
Night
entertainment industry in bad light: Most of 13,000
girls, women workers face sexual exploitation: ILO
(ht 14/06/2012)
Stateless
in new Nepal: Inclusion without citizenship is
impossible, by George Varughese and Pema Adams (nt
08/06/2012), Mother
country: Only the Taliban treats women worse (nt
08/06/2012), "Even
slaves are treated better", by Sushila Budathoki and
Mina Sharma (nt 08/06/2012)
Women’s
long struggle yielding results, by Ankit Adhikari
(kp 05/06/2012), From
voiceless to vocal: Women in Syangja have come a long
way in promoting gender mainstreaming and social
inclusion, by Santosh Chhetri (kp 05/06/2012), A
ray of hope: A constitution for the women, by Naresh
Newar (rep 06/06/2012)
City
data show alarming presence of minors in the ‘oldest
profession’ (kp 04/06/2012)
Skill-based
training attracts women, by Purna BK (kp 21/05/2012)
Govt
to feminise agriculture: Will help curb male worker
shortage (ht 29/05/2012)
Most
women in mid, far west happy with life: Report (rep
05/05/2012), 16
pc women get married at 15: Nepal MICS (ht
05/05/2012)
Gender
balance: Equal rights for women, by Bijan Pant (rep
02/05/2012)
Whose
by-line is it any way?, by Bidushi Dhungel (kp
28/04/2012)
Female
pilots challenge aviation, social customs in Nepal,
by Shilu Manandhar (rep 27/04/2012)
Women’s
access to bank credit ‘very low’ (kp 24/04/2012)
Chhaupadi
custom on the wane in Dailekh, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 23/04/2012)
Paper
promises: Nepali women’s political and civil rights
continue to be limited only to pacts and promises,
by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 22/04/2012)
Identity
crisis, by Nitya Pandey (rep 21/04/2012)
That
time
of the month: Old traditions that banish women to
outhouses during their periods die hard in mid-western
Nepal despite literacy and affluence, by Rubeena D.
Shrestha (nt 13/04/2012)
You
don’t own me: In terms of treatment meted out to girls and
women in Nepal, we still live in the medieval ages, by
Arzu Rana Deuba (kp 12/04/2012)
Early
marriage bedevils Chepang women, by Chandni Hamal (rep
07/04/2012)
Woman
thrown out of home, by Khilanath Dhakal (rep 04/04/2012)
No
matter the sex: We
live in a society that subjugates the feminine and only
lets it gain legitimacy through association with the
masculine, by Sunil Babu Pant (kp 03/04/2012)
Desperate
deaths: Curbing suicide among women requires changed
mindsets (kp 30/03/2012)
WOREC
paints bleak picture of women’s rights: Says city women
prone to abuse on witchery charges (ht 25/03/2012)
Womanpower:
Migration should be a choice, not a compulsion, by
Rubeena Mahato (nt 23/03/2012)
Women
and War in Nepal (rep 09/03/2012)
Women
share success stories on their day (kp 09/03/2012)
Empowering
women: Unlearning old ways, inspiring futures for young
women, by Suman Bisht (rep 08/03/2012)
Condition
of Nepali women remains bleak, say reports (kp
06/03/2012)
Misshapen
realities, by Anup Ojha (rep 03/03/2012)
Female
Lawyers Protest Discrimination in Nepali Legal Sector,
by Lochana Sharma (rep 02/03/2012)
'Women
Are Backward Due To Unequal Treatments in all Sectors',
interview with Balananda Paudel (sp 02/03/2012)
“Investment
On Girls Is Not As Effective As On Boys”, ibnterview
with Sharu Joshi Shrestha (sp 02/03/2012)
“Climate
change and gender is very much interlinked”, interview
with Meena Khanal (sp 02/03/2012)
A
day in the life: Women academics have to be adept at
balancing personal and professional lives, by Neeti
Aryal Khanal (kp 10/02/2012)
Woman
dies in Chhaupadi shed, by Bed Prakash Timilsina (kp
06/02/2012)
Rural
women taking Nepal forward, by Shreya Thapa (kp
04/02/2012)
Woman
dies in chhaupadi, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
18/01/2012), Woman
dies in Chhaupadi shed, by Bed Prakash Timilsina (kp
18/01/2012)
Polygamy
cases on the rise: Women aged 25-35 years victims,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/01/2012)
Nepal's
first female mahout leads elephant safaris (rep
11/01/2012)
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